| Emerald tree boa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Corallus |
| Species: | C. caninus
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| Binomial name | |
| Corallus caninus | |
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The emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)[3] is a boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Since 2009 the species Corallus batesii has been distinguished from the emerald tree boa.[4] Like all other boas, it is nonvenomous.
- ^ Oubotar, P.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Corallus caninus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203208A2762180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203208A2762180.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ "Corallus caninus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 July 2008.